Police charge couple for alleged murder in Oyo

<p>“It was Akinyele Adebayo who helped them to dismember the body after telling them that he needs the head of the deceased for certain ritual and they all agreed with him to take it,” Oyeyemi stated.</p>, <p>He added that the suspects later took the remaining parts of the body to Tamake town and buried same in front of Gbalo Idosu’s house.</p>, <p>The prosecution counsel, Insp Femi Oluwadare, informed the court that the couple allegedly conspired to commit the offence.</p>, <p>The police charged the husband and wife with conspiracy and murder, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).</p>, <p>The Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident on Monday morning, said the four farmers also dismembered the body of the herder for ritual purposes.</p>, <p>Lana had confessed to the police that it was Ojugbele who called to inform him of the presence of herdsmen near their farms, “and that he should come and join him to chase them away.”</p>, <p>“After killing him, they invited Akinyele Adebayo whose farm is nearby and informed him of the incident.</p>, <p>The Magistrate ordered that they be remanded pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).</p>, <p>Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, has ordered that the fleeing Ojugbele be brought to book, directing that the arrested suspects be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.</p>, <p>The police officer said on April 25, at about 7 a.m. at the Zion Oje area of Ibadan, the couple beat Olapade to death.</p>, <p>The duo, arraigned for allegedly causing the death of a 45-year-old man, Olapade, were sent to the Abolongo Correctional facility in Oyo town.</p>, <p>Some farmers have allegedly murdered a herdsman, identified as Umaru Aliyu, in the Imeko area of Ogun State.</p>, <p>He reportedly confessed further that Ojugbele also called Abiala Segun, who came with his dane gun and the three of them started chasing the herdsmen.</p>, <p>”The confession of Kareem Fagbemi Lana led